The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-08

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Armed viii. : lsttsr d inttoduction
itom j. b Bachanan p Barnstt q. Has-
kefl lot SIN Ffsneisco. : iotori4uy crank
Of fhs Pacific Coat Who work. fsrs the
amslitn Hon 81 the human racs, and
who hct1Ally believes thas thS viii Of
God viii some day BE- done Here upon
earth y It u done IN heaven. II started
from Denver !an NV lcnk-sxpScted trip
to California
/ went BY Nav Of the Rio Grande ~
being|the most picturesque rpute foi :
lover OF sieht-seeing, but to my discom-
fiturs. After We had passed the Grand
Canon of The Arkansas i began to grow
dark. and dosing on ny seat We went
through all tho remarkable passes Of
that road in darkness. Next morning
We were rolling across the black sand
hills and valleys Of Utah With nothing
to cheer the view except tank and .
section house at intervals. Oh towards
the afternoon We began to pais by poor
little huts and shanties scattered in and
between little rav,nes, rocky hills and
creeks with evidences Of courageous. no
doubt, but surely painful attempts al
farming. '
Being told that We were then in Nor
mon territory I surmised that those
frontier settlers we're. new Latter Day
Saints, converts on probation in the
promised land. Late in tho day We
came to the Arst town Of note in Utah
The depot was swsrming with eighteen
apple girls between the ages Of FIVE and
ten. all Of them rather good looking and
well built, and about the sam ; number
Of boys loafing and throwing bnowballs
at each other. All these facts, coupled
with the appearance Of costly buildings
led me to believe that We we're thou
among the old saints. Then % through
the inte erminable valleys Of Nevada,
where the Central PaciHc makes three
quarter curves where it. Cd duld 10 Al
straight as q bee line but the COMPANY
gets land grants twenty miles eveAy al
ternate section for every mile of the
road they build. 80 this explains the
curves. N NN
Then We crossed the Sierra Nevadas
and down across the vallev\ OF the Sac
ram tnto. where every ybody was bus,
pIowing. sowing and gardening. Gar
den stuff and flowers were iHl full bloom
everywhere; geranium a4d pot plant,
were growing almost like weeds on eact
side of the track; the air wsA cool snt
balmy. Looking over the vast expsns'
Of the vet unoccupied land, \ deter
mined that in this Garden Of Eden
would pitch my tent, but on being tolt
that all there was of it belo nged to tht
railroad company and other rich land
syndicates. and that it would cost almos
q fortune to get an acre Of it--even o
swamp land-mv enthusiasm subsidized
Directly l arrived in San Francisco.
The first thing l did was to inquire fo
Comrade Haske II on Twenty irat street
They told me to take Market street an,
follow it straight up to TVenty-Hrst
that 1 could not miss it. l wanted t.
see the town go Iwalked rather thai
take street car. After l had 'walke'
what Thought to be- four miles in
quired again for Twenty first street AM
they told me that l was clear off; tina
Twenty.first street was way over on tn
other side Of town. So rstraced m.
steps exactly the way came in order t.
take q new start from the beginning
After had walked about three miles
Isuspicioned that something was wrong
so ! inquired this time for Marke
street. "It's; way over yonder wher'
you see that steeple sticking out. abou
twenty-five blocks from here, he said
By this time was beginning to wall
pretty fast and it was getting late, go
broke for the first street car l saw and
never let 20 of it until 1 found Mr.
Burnett G. Haskell, through whose cour
tesies 1 found my way back easier thar
found him.
| In the evening l went to the Moroscc
Amphitheater. They were playing "A
Mlillioneire's Daughter" A better plal
and better actors 1 have not seen any
whore. The scenic part Of ii equals. il
It does not surpass. our very best operas
IN the country. The curiosity of thil
place is the way it is carried pn. Their
we're probably 5000 people there tina,
evening. Admission is 10 cents. Thinl
Of it. One can take his hat of or leav
il on as he pleases, there Is 90 compal
sion. Any one who wishes TO puff aw q,
at cigar can do go and the women dom
faint. |; # you want drink they vii
bring it right to your seat and nobody ii
scandalized. The behavior and deco
rum Of this vast assemblsge was perfect
you could have heard pin drop to tn
floor. There was not . woman in th,
HOUSE that had q hat on but what on.
could seq over it when sitting down.
| They did not appear To be addicted t<